A comparison between composition and density of the fat-free mass of young adult Singaporean Chinese and Dutch Caucasians

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 235-242

  Werkman, Andrea ^a   Deurenberg Yap, Mabel ^b   Schmidt, Gordon ^b   Deurenberg, Paul ^a,c,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body density; Caucasian; Chinese; Deuterium dilution; Ethnicity; Fat free mass

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINESE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENSITOMETRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DENSITOMETRY; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0034524880     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046690     Document Type: Article

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